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JPSO looking for a suspect wanted for second degree murder

Late Saturday morning, Sheriff Newell Normand issued a second degree murder warrant for 23-year-old Antoine Wallace of 1428 N. Dilton St. in Metairie.

Tuesday, JPSO officers were dispatched to a subject shot in the 400 block of North Laurel Street in Metairie.

Responding officers located the body of a black man, 35-year-old Jeremiah Majlio, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Investigators located witnesses who identified Wallace as the person who shot Majlio.

As a result, an arrest warrant for second degree murder was issued for Wallace.

Numerous attempts to locate and arrest Wallace have been unsuccessful.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Antoine Wallace is asked to contact JPSO Homicide Detective Rhonda Goff at 504-364-5300 or CRIMESTOPPERS.